—but David Granger maintains ignorance of this dubious practice

OLD KAI already knows what he will give Opposition Leader David Granger for Christmas, a supply of Ginko Bilboa, to improve his memory until the next PNCR Congress. It appears that everyone knows about the methods employed by the PNCR leadership to rig the outcome of its electoral process, except of course Mr. Granger.The latest person to come forward is James McAllister, a former PNCR Member of Parliament and a member of the party’s accreditation committee prior to being sidelined because he fell out with the then leadership of Robert Corbin, the man currently seen as the puppet master behind Granger’s leadership.
In an article appearing in the Guyana Times, August 2, 2014 edition, McAllister discloses that, “Once the contest becomes one for [the] party leader, then the entire system becomes highly undemocratic. In this case, Mr. Granger’s team was responsible for processing members’ applications and compiling the Voter’s List.”
We are then told that McAllister disclosed that the system is rigged in favour of whoever is the party leader, in this case Mr. Granger, especially if there is a serious challenge to his post during a Congress.
The Guyana Times article then goes on to quote him outlining the extent of the rigging, using the troubles of Linden delegates as an example.  It was first noted that groups would submit their membership, which is accepted. They would then submit the nominations and once a majority was for Norton, “then the profiling started”.
McAllister added that “…based on the distribution of nominations across the country, membership numbers were adjusted… to ensure that groups that nominated Mr. Granger were entitled to more delegates than that of the groups that nominated Norton.”
So as to out-manoeuvre the Congress Place riggers, he related that “…some of his (Norton) supporters were advised to nominate Granger to avoid the administrative backlash that normally follows submission of nominations not favoured by the status quo.”
However, anticipating this, the PNCR leadership ensured that “…changes were continually being made to the list during the Congress as supposedly Norton supporters were identified.”
This may probably explain why the accreditation committee which was selected by David Granger and his team, only met together for the first time in 2 years, on the day before the actual voting.
It therefore is no surprise that they were all returned to office, after the challengers pulled out citing a flawed electoral process, with Granger and crew on the other hand holding out for dear life that there was no rigging or padding of the voters list.
If Guyanese are to consider believing Granger, he must first answer this question posed by McAllister, “Imagine if the PPP had the authority to identify and appoint all GECOM Commissioners and could change the Voters’ List at their whim, would Mr. Granger call that a fair process? How would he deem an election held under such conditions?”
In closing, James McAllister has an ominous warning for all Guyanese, especially PNC/R members: “It is clear that the process was not fair…for them to arrogantly maintain it was fair and flawless would suggest to some that they are people who, once given power, would hold onto it at all cost.”